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Old 04-03-2006, 09:40 PM
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Hey guys, some of you may have seen this buck I found while shed hunting a week or so ago... I decided to try and restore it into a skull mount as practice... I started by bleaching the skull and gluing the seams so it was tight again... I then tried staining the antlers... Let me know what you think, the antlers are a bit shiny in the pic since the stain was still a little wet but you get the idea...

Here he was when I found him:





And here is the 'finished product', assuming I don't keep tinkering (which I will):


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Old 04-03-2006, 10:33 PM
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i'm no expert, but that looks good!
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Old 04-03-2006, 10:48 PM
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looks good hwat did ya stain it with
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Old 04-03-2006, 10:57 PM
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I used minwax walnut stain.
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Old 04-04-2006, 11:36 AM
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looks OK to me ; nice job.
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Old 04-04-2006, 02:24 PM
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Heres another pic from the other side:


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Old 04-06-2006, 09:16 AM
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Looks nice, good job!
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Old 04-06-2006, 03:47 PM
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Looks pretty cool if you ask me. I might have to try that with some of the year old sheds I have found.
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Old 04-07-2006, 09:22 AM
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Looks great. Nice work
I have an old set I was thinking about doing that to. That gives me motivation.
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